Legal case files of Knight vs. James, 1975-1988.

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Alabama. Governor. Legal case files of Knight vs. James, 1975-1988.

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Legal case files of Knight vs. James, 1975-1988.

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Abstract

On 1981 Jan. 15, John F. Knight, Catherine Coleman, Charles R. Anderson, Alma S. Freeman, et. al., filed a suit in the United State District Court in Montgomery against the Governor of the state of Alabama, the trustees of Auburn University and Troy State University, the members of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE), the State Superintendent of Education (Wayne Teague), and various members of the Alabama Public School and College Authority (APSCA). The suit called for a merger of Auburn University at Montgomery and Troy State in Montgomery into Alabama State University. The plaintiffs claimed that AUM and Troy were predominantly white institutions, and that many of the courses and programs offered at the two schools duplicated or conflicted with the programs at Alabama State University (a predominantly black institution). As a result, a segregated higher education system existed in the Montgomery metropolitan area. Because Alabama State was established first, the plaintiffs argued that the black university should absorb the programs of the other two schools and retain its black identity. Knight vs James parallels another important case that occurred almost simultaneously, the United States vs Alabama. In this case the Justice Department charged that the predominantly white University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and predominantly black Alabama A & M University violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VI forbids the use of federal funds in institutions and programs that discriminate on the basis on race. The case called for the implementation of a plan to correct the duplication of courses and programs, unequal funding, and other areas of concern regarding racial discrimination. This series contains records that relate to Knight vs James as well as materials used in investigations of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and the state's public postsecondary schools. Types of material include briefs, case exhibits, correspondence, affidavits, newspaper clippings, reports, university catalogs, memoranda, minutes, resolutions, handbooks, pretrial orders, and journal articles.

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65 cubic ft. (65 records center cartons).

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6699672

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Legal case files of Knight vs. James, 1975-1988.

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